1968–69 Football League First Division

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Football League First Division
Season 1968–69
Champions Leeds United (1st English title)
Relegated Leicester City
Queens Park Rangers
European Cup 1969–70 Leeds United
FA Cup winners
European Cup Winners' Cup 1969–70		 Manchester City (4th FA Cup title)
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1968–69 Chelsea
Leeds United
Liverpool
Newcastle United (winners)
Matches played 462
Goals scored 1213 (2.63 per match)
Top goalscorer Jimmy Greaves (Tottenham Hotspur), 27 [1]

Statistics of Football League First Division in the 1968-69 season.

Overview

Leeds United won the First Division title for the first time in the club's history that season. They wrapped up the title on April 28, with a 0-0 draw at title challengers Liverpool and finished the season unbeaten at home. Queens Park Rangers went down on March 29, after losing 2-1 at home to Liverpool. Leicester City joined them after losing 3-2 at Manchester United, where a win would have saved Leicester from relegation at the expense of Coventry City.

League standings

Pos Team Pld W D L F A W D L F A F A GA GD Pts
1 Leeds United 42 18 3 0 41 9 9 10 2 25 17 66 26 2.538 + 40 67
2 Liverpool 42 16 4 1 36 10 9 7 5 27 14 63 24 2.625 + 39 61
3 Everton 42 14 5 2 43 10 7 10 4 34 26 77 36 2.139 + 41 57
4 Arsenal 42 12 6 3 31 12 10 6 5 25 15 56 27 2.074 + 29 56
5 Chelsea 42 11 7 3 40 24 9 3 9 33 29 73 53 1.377 + 20 50
6 Tottenham Hotspur 42 10 8 3 39 22 4 9 8 22 29 61 51 1.196 + 10 45
7 Southampton 42 13 5 3 41 21 3 8 10 16 27 57 48 1.188 + 9 45
8 West Ham United 42 10 8 3 47 22 3 10 8 19 28 66 50 1.320 + 16 44
9 Newcastle United 42 12 7 2 40 20 3 7 11 21 35 61 55 1.109 + 6 44
10 West Bromwich Albion 42 11 7 3 43 26 5 4 12 21 41 64 67 0.955 – 3 43
11 Manchester United 42 13 5 3 38 18 2 7 12 19 35 57 53 1.075 + 4 42
12 Ipswich Town 42 10 4 7 32 26 5 7 9 27 34 59 60 0.983 – 1 41
13 Manchester City 42 13 6 2 49 20 2 4 15 15 35 64 55 1.164 + 9 40
14 Burnley 42 11 6 4 36 25 4 3 14 19 57 55 82 0.671 – 27 39
15 Sheffield Wednesday 42 7 9 5 27 26 3 7 11 14 28 41 54 0.759 – 13 36
16 Wolverhampton Wanderers 42 7 10 4 26 22 3 5 13 15 36 41 58 0.707 – 17 35
17 Sunderland 42 10 6 5 28 18 1 6 14 15 49 43 67 0.642 – 24 34
18 Nottingham Forest 42 6 6 9 17 22 4 7 10 28 35 45 57 0.789 – 13 33
19 Stoke City 42 9 7 5 24 24 0 8 13 16 39 40 63 0.635 – 23 33
20 Coventry City 42 8 6 7 32 22 2 5 14 14 42 46 64 0.719 – 18 31
21 Leicester City 42 8 8 5 27 24 1 4 16 12 44 39 68 0.574 – 29 30
22 Queens Park Rangers 42 4 7 10 20 33 0 3 18 19 62 39 95 0.411 – 56 18

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points


Key
League Champions, qualified for European Cup
FA Cup winners, qualified for Cup Winners' Cup
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1968–69
Relegated

First Division Results

Home ╲ Away ARS BUR CHE COV EVE IPS LEE LEI LIV MCI MUN NEW NOT QPR SHW SOU STK SUN TOT WBA WHU WOL
Arsenal 2–0 0–1 2–1 3–1 0–2 1–2 3–0 1–1 4–1 3–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 3–1
Burnley 0–1 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 5–1 2–1 0–4 2–1 1–0 1–0 3–1 2–2 2–0 3–1 1–1 1–2 2–2 2–2 3–1 1–1
Chelsea 2–1 2–3 2–1 1–1 3–1 1–1 3–0 1–2 2–0 3–2 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–3 1–0 5–1 2–2 3–1 1–1 1–1
Coventry City 0–1 4–1 0–1 2–2 0–2 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 5–0 3–0 1–1 1–1 3–1 1–2 4–2 1–2 0–1
Everton 1–0 3–0 1–2 3–0 2–2 0–0 7–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 4–0 3–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 0–2 4–0 1–0 4–0
Ipswich Town 1–2 2–0 1–3 0–0 2–2 2–3 2–1 0–2 2–1 1–0 1–4 2–3 3–0 2–0 0–0 3–1 1–0 0–1 4–1 2–2 1–0
Leeds United 2–0 6–1 1–0 3–0 2–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 4–1 2–0 3–2 2–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 2–1
Leicester City 0–0 0–2 1–4 1–1 1–1 1–3 1–1 1–2 3–0 2–1 2–1 2–2 2–0 1–1 3–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 0–2 1–1 2–0
Liverpool 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 4–0 0–0 4–0 2–1 2–0 2–1 0–2 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 4–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–0
Manchester City 1–1 7–0 4–1 4–2 1–3 1–1 3–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 3–3 3–1 0–1 1–1 3–1 1–0 4–0 5–1 1–1 3–2
Manchester United 0–0 2–0 0–4 1–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 3–2 1–0 0–1 3–1 3–1 8–1 1–0 1–2 1–1 4–1 3–1 2–1 1–1 2–0
Newcastle United 2–1 1–0 3–2 2–0 0–0 2–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 3–2 3–2 4–1 5–0 1–1 2–2 2–3 1–1 4–1
Nottingham Forest 0–2 2–2 1–2 0–0 1–0 1–2 0–2 0–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 2–4 1–0 0–0 1–0 3–3 1–0 0–2 3–0 0–1 0–0
Queens Park Rangers 0–1 0–2 0–4 0–1 0–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 2–3 1–1 2–1 3–2 1–1 2–1 2–2 1–1 0–4 1–1 0–1
Sheffield Wednesday 0–5 1–0 1–1 3–0 2–2 2–1 0–0 1–3 1–2 1–1 5–4 1–1 0–1 4–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–2
Southampton 1–2 5–1 5–0 1–0 2–5 2–2 1–3 1–0 2–0 3–0 2–0 0–0 1–1 3–2 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 2–2 2–1
Stoke City 1–3 1–3 2–0 0–3 0–0 2–1 1–5 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 3–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 4–1
Sunderland 0–0 2–0 3–2 3–0 1–3 3–0 0–1 2–0 0–2 0–4 1–1 1–1 3–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 4–1 0–0 0–1 2–1 2–0
Tottenham Hotspur 1–2 7–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–2 0–0 3–2 2–1 1–1 2–2 0–1 2–1 3–2 1–2 2–1 1–1 5–1 1–1 1–0 1–1
West Bromwich Albion 1–0 3–2 0–3 6–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 3–1 5–1 2–5 3–1 0–0 1–2 2–1 3–0 4–3 3–1 0–0
West Ham United 1–2 5–0 0–0 5–2 1–4 1–3 1–1 4–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 3–1 1–0 4–3 1–1 0–0 0–0 8–0 2–2 4–0 3–1
Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–6 3–1 2–2 5–0 1–0 3–1 0–3 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–1 2–0

Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top Scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 England Jimmy Greaves Tottenham Hotspur 27
2 England Geoff Hurst West Ham United 25
3 England Joe Royle Everton 22
4 England Pop Robson Newcastle United 21
= England Jeff Astle West Bromwich Albion 21
5 Wales Ron Davies Southampton 20

References

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